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Thanks for all the kind words, guys! Much appreciated!

So, time for a little update... I've completed the landing gear by adding the Rotherham wind-driven air pump (used to pressurize the fuel system) and wheels. The pump needed a short air line made from brass wire. The wheels were a surprisingly poor fit, quite loose on their axles, which...

Very nice! Thanks for the info.

Nice! What's your painting medium, if I may ask?

Thanks, guys! On the home stretch now!

Oooohh... Very nice!

So the rigging is mostly done. All that's left are the control cables for the ailerons, and from my experience thus far, those should go quick and easy. After yesterday, I wasn't sure how long the rest of this would take. However, I only needed a couple of hours today, to include cutting...

Don't be intimidate or discouraged, Ian! The rigging takes some thought and patience, but it's not especially hard. Tedious, yes, but the basic techniques and methods are, in and of themselves, not particularly hard. WNW has very comprehensive diagrams on the rigging in the instructions. They...

I was a bit skeptical, to be honest, as to whether or not the assembly fixture would be necessary or even especially useful. However, I've found that it really does help, in particular, as you say, with alignment (its main function). At the time I thought I might be wasting my money on an...

Alrighty then... Rigging part two. As with so many modeling projects that are done in prefinished subassemblies and parts, there comes a time when it all seems to start to come together at once, and... voila! It's an airplane! Here's the pre-rigged upper wing. This work went really quickly...

Thanks for the props, but I have to give credit where credit is due in regard to the weathering. I have a couple of books on building WNW aircraft models, and David Parker (yes, the "Super King Tiger" David Parker) has a couple of his builds included in them. All I've tried to do here is...

Thanks, Mike!

More progress. I pre-rigged the cabane struts by anchoring the fuselage ends of the bracing wires and then lacing, but not tightening up their top, wing ends. All they should need when the top wing is added is a few gentle tugs, a dash of CA and a "snip-snip" to trim away the excess. I'll be...

Well done! Thanks for taking the time to put all this together!

Oh wow... Glad that this was moved to the A/C forum. I'd have continued to miss it, I think. Gott agree that adjustable router idea is outstanding! Thanks for the detailed share on that!

Man, I really love these CSM armored car kits! I hope your Muse finds your Mojo and they both make their way back to you soon! I can sympathize, though. Sometimes no matter how many cookie crumbs I leave out for 'em, the modeling fairies just refuse to visit my workroom and do anything...

Quite likely a quirk of the Camel and how the engine was timed and oriented. The exhaust valves could just as easily be open at any clock position, really, so I suppose just about all of the aircraft with rotary engines (Clergets, Le Rhones, Oberursels, etc.) could have differently distinctive...

I believe that it's a characteristic of the Clerget rotary engine. It exhausts directly into the air, and it would seem that the exhaust valves fully open when they reach the 7-8 o'clock position (when facing the front of the aircraft)). It also seems that since the rotary engine used a "total...

Thanks for all the kind words, guys! :blush: Some exhaust and castor oil staining on the bottom port side of the fuselage and lower wing. Done with Tamiya X-19 Smoke. I used a piece of a Post-it note to mask the edges of the fuselage framing to replicate the distinctive staining pattern on...

Thanks for all the props, guys! Much appreciated!